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Hanover Square 1860

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]

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A cesspool has been emptied and filled up, and new watercloset
erected.
Ranelagh Court, Ranelagh Mews, No. 4. Infected with
small-pox ; the rooms which were dirty have been cleansed.
Eccleston Street East, No. 13; Westbourne Street, No. 36;
Grosvenor Row, No. 7; Gillingliam Street, No. 5, infected
with small-pox, but nothing was required to be done in these
places.
Ranelagh Street, Pimlico, No. 24. Leakage of water
into the back kitchen from 23, adjoining premises, caused
by the defective state of the water-butt, for which a new
one has been substituted, and the supply pipe repaired.
Newland Street, No. 19. Here the drains have been
cleansed and repaired.
Mr. Halt's Cow-yard, behind Ebury Street, was reported
to be very offensive, but it was found to be clean.
Robert Street, No. 5 (right-hand side.) An obstructed
closet was cleansed after a notice had been served, on March
31st.
Messrs. Cowell & Sons' Slaughter-house, Knightsbridge.
The slaughter-house is dirty, and requires to be limewashed,
and partly re-paved. The work is finished in a very satisfactory
manner.
Mr. Belts' Slaughter-house, Knightsbridge. Dirty, and
requires to be limewashed. The order was carried into effect.
Mr. Wise's Cow-yard, Elizabeth Street South; Clayton's
Yard, Hugh Street; Denbigh Mews, Denbigh Street; Ranelagh
Mews, No. 9; Moreton Mews and Moreton Terrace
Mews; Denbigh Mews, Denbigh Street; Cab Yard, Bloomfield
Place; Commercial Road, No. 3, South; Messrs.
Watling and Son's Yard, Charlotte Street, Pirnlico; and
Mr. Smith's Cow Yard, Whitaher Street; a large quantity
of dung has been removed from these places.